Chamaecrista rotundifolia var. grandiflora (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

  • Authors

    Howard S. Irwin, Rupert C. Barneby

  • Authority

    Irwin, Howard S. & Barneby, Rupert C. 1982. The American Cassiinae. A synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtrib Cassiinae in the New World. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35, part 2: 455-918.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Chamaecrista rotundifolia var. grandiflora (Benth.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

  • Type

    Lectoholotypus,, Blanchet 3844, collected at Tamanduá, between Jacobina and S. Tomé, BM! isotypi, G, GH, P! paratypus, M. von Neuwied s.n. e. Caravellas, GOETT!

  • Synonyms

    Cassia rotundifolia var. grandiflora Benth., Cassia bauhiniifolia Kunth, Cassia rotundifolia var. bauhiniifolia (Kunth) Benth., Chamaecrista bauhiniifolia (Kunth) Gleason, Cassia filipes Benth., Cassia rotundifolia var. grandiflora Benth., Cassia rotundifolia var. longepedicellata Chodat & Hassl., Cassia bifoliola Glaz. ex Harms

  • Description

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    Variety Description - Stems commonly (n. of the Amazon R. almost always) assurgent to suberect, but s.-ward either procumbent or assurgent; stipules 7-26 mm, the size not correlated with habit; pubescence variable, as in var. rotundifolia; flowers relatively large (as given in key); fertile anthers 5-7, the 1-2 antepetalous smaller, and often 1-3 staminodia.—Collections: 36. [Key: "Fl larger, the longest petal 7-17 mm; largest of the 5-7 mm; largest of the 5-7 fertile anthers 5-11.5 mm; style (2-)2.5-7(-8.5) mm; more local and unknown from n. of Honduras."]

    Distribution and Ecology - Campos, llanos, and disturbed, commonly sandy soils, sometimes on river- banks or seashores, mostly 5-500, in Bahia up to 1100 m, of highly discontinuous range within that of var. rotundifolia, but apparently not or seldom associated with it: Golfo de Honduras (I. de Roatan); upper Magdalena Valley in Colombia (Tolima and Huila); Pacific lowlands of Ecuador (Guayas); Maracaibo Basin in Zulia, Venezuela; Guayana Highland in Guyana, Venezuela (Bolívar) and Brazil (Terr. Roraima); and disjunctly s. of the Amazon R. in interior and coastal Bahia, coastal Espírito Santo; and about the common boundary of Mato Grosso, Brazil with Bolivia (Sta. Cruz), Paraguay, and Argentina (Corrientes).—Fl. in Brazil s.- ward mostly XII-IV(-VIII), n.-ward irregularly through the year.

  • Distribution

    Bahia Brazil South America| Tolima Colombia South America| Huila Colombia South America| Guayas Ecuador South America| Zulia Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Roraima Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America| Espirito Santo Brazil South America| Mato Grosso Brazil South America| Santa Cruz Bolivia South America| Paraguay South America| Corrientes Argentina South America|